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14-letter words containing c, o, p, l

  • counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
  • counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
  • country people — people who live in the country
  • coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • critical point — the point on a phase diagram that represents the critical state of a substance
  • crocodile clip — a clasp with serrated interlocking edges used for making electrical connections
  • cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
  • cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
  • cross-platform — (software, hardware)   A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
  • cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
  • crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
  • cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
  • cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
  • cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
  • curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
  • cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
  • cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
  • cycloaliphatic — (of an organic compound) aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having its carbon atoms in a ring
  • cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
  • cytopathologic — the science dealing with the study of the diseases of cells.
  • dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
  • delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
  • deparochialize — to make parochial.
  • depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
  • depoliticizing — Present participle of depoliticize.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • dictionary apl — Sharp APL
  • diplomatic bag — A diplomatic bag is a bag or container in which mail is sent to and from foreign embassies. Diplomatic bags are protected by law, so that they are not opened by anyone except the official or embassy they are addressed to.
  • diplomatically — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
  • disapplication — a provision for exempting schools or individuals from the requirements of the National Curriculum in special circumstances
  • disceptatorial — disputable
  • discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
  • dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • doppler effect — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
  • duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
  • eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • ego psychology — the study of the adaptive and mediating functions of the ego and their role in personality development and emotional disorder
  • electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
  • electrodeposit — To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
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